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You Need A Budget (YNAB) MCP

by Jtewen

Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault

No arguments

Schema

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
list-budgets

List all available YNAB budgets

list-accounts

List all accounts for a given budget. Useful for getting account IDs for other tools.

list-transactions

List transactions for a specific account or an entire month. Use this to investigate spending patterns identified in the financial overview.

list-categories

List all categories, groups, and their budgeting details for a given budget. Call this before managing budgeted amounts to see what's available and what's already been allocated.

list-payees

List all payees for a given budget. Good for finding payee IDs or identifying messy payee data that needs to be merged.

manage-payees

Merge multiple payee names into a single name. Use this to clean up payee data, for example, by renaming 'STARBUCKS #123' and 'Starbucks Coffee' to just 'Starbucks'.

manage-budgeted-amount

Assign a budgeted amount to a category or move money between categories for a specific month. This is the primary tool for allocating funds.

bulk-manage-transactions

Create, update, or delete multiple transactions at once. More efficient than making single changes.

list-scheduled-transactions

List all upcoming scheduled transactions for a given budget. Useful for forecasting upcoming bills.

manage-financial-overview

Get, update, or refresh a high-level financial overview. This is the best starting point for any analysis, providing account balances, goals, and important context notes.

manage-scheduled-transaction

Create, update, or delete a single scheduled (recurring) transaction. Use this to manage recurring bills or savings transfers.

lookup-entity-by-id

Look up the name and details of a specific account, category, or payee by its ID. A utility for when you have an ID but need the full context.

get-month-info

Get detailed budget information for a single month, including age of money and total amounts budgeted, spent, and available. Call this to check the monthly budget's status before making changes.

lookup-payee-locations

Look up geographic locations associated with a payee.

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